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Peter Rivera's Pet Non-Profit Involved in Corruption Probe

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The head of a Bronx nonprofit organization that’s received substantial funding from Assemblyman Peter Rivera was slapped with corruption charges today, according to a complaint from Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.David Griffiths is being charged with “making false statements in connection with a grand jury proceeding, obstructing justice, and mail fraud in connection with an application to obtain a state grant,” according to a release. The complaint goes on to detail how Griffiths’ nonprofit received almost all of its income from an unnamed “certain member of the Assembly” between 2003 and 2007.Though the nonprofit and the Assembly member aren’t explicitly named, the website for the Bronx group NETS, or Neighbohood Enhancement for Training Services, Inc., lists Griffiths as its executive director and “a part of NETS since November 2003.”The site also names Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera as the organization’s sponsor since 2002 (it’s on the mission page of their website, here, at the bottom.

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Bronx Events: Free Dental Screenings, and Some Snow Interference

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New York University’s College of Dentistry is offering free dental screenings for children ages six months to 14 years this month, starting today, at P.S. 163 at 2075 Webster Avenue. The screenings will be offered on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through the month of January and are open to the public from 3 to 4 p.m. Call Councilman Joel Rivera’s office for more information: 718-842-8100.An events notice: the impending snowstorm that’s expected tonight/tomorrow has forced a couple of community groups to cancel their plans. Community Board 6 has canceled its monthly meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow night at 6 p.m., and the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corp.’s Riverdale meeting, which had also been scheduled for tomorrow night, is being called off. We’ll keep you posted on their replacement dates if we hear about them. More events happening this week in the Boogie Down are listed below in our community calendar.Editor’s note: What did we miss?